Open AccessScreening for Cognitive Impairment as a Part of Falls Risk Assessment in Physical Therapist Practice
Author(s) -
Jennifer Blackwood,
Alison Martin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of geriatric physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.185
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2152-0895
pISSN - 1539-8412
DOI - 10.1519/jpt.0000000000000098
Subject(s) - physical therapist , cognitive impairment , cognitive assessment system , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , medicine , cognition , psychology , psychiatry
Older adults with impaired cognition are more than twice as likely to fall as their age-matched cognitively intact peers. Physical therapists play a key role in falls screening and prevention efforts; however, it is unknown how often or in what capacity cognitive screenings are performed within falls risk assessments. The purpose of this study was to describe the cognitive screening practice patterns of physical therapists (PTs) as a part of falls risk assessments.